Improved fallows come of age in the tropics

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 3-12

  Sanchez, P A ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Leguminous fallow; Nitrogen fixation; Soil fertility replenishment

Indexed keywords

FALLOW; FARMING SYSTEM; SOIL FERTILITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; YIELD;

EID: 0033403749     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006287702265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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